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Most guys need to consume an additional 2,500 to 3,500 calories a week to gain one pound of muscle each week. You can pump iron until you're blue in the face, but if you don't augment your training efforts with enough food and fluid, the laws of human biology and simple mathematics dictate that you won't get any bigger. "When it comes to gaining muscle, the most important thing is eating enough calories to fuel both your exercise and the metabolic processes needed to build muscle," says Susan M. Kleiner, Ph.D., R.D., author of Power Eating. "Most guys who have trouble gaining weight and strength simply aren't eating enough."
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Creator: ApolloFit
Category: Diet and Nutrition
Posted: 1/30/2008
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ApolloFit “ Make sure to keep up the protein intake even when you're trying to lose weight...protein is the key for minimizing muscle loss. ”
-  ApolloFit on 1/31/2008
ApolloFit “ Hulbs,
I agree, and the key isn't what you're doing in the gym, it's what your doing at the dinner table. If you are looking to lose bf%, you need to cut about 500 calories off of your daily eating habits, while gaining muscle, you need to add about 500 calories to your daily eating habits. If you are trying to lose weight, it should be the total opposite of this post, you actually need to cut somewhere around 3500 calories per week to lose noticable weight.
Great comment! ”
-  ApolloFit on 1/31/2008
Hulbs “ Good post Apollo,

It's amazing how many guys out there think they can gain significant muscle and loss significnat fat at the same time. Clearly they are conflicting goals and should be approached at different times by sticking to your main goal. I was guilty of thinking I could gain muscle without eating more in the past and always wondered why.
Currently my main goal has been cutting bf% so my secondary goal is minmise muscle loss during this weight loss (as opposed to gain muscle while lossing weight). ”
-  Hulbs on 1/31/2008

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